Fastest Yakutian Laikas — Fast CAT Speed Rankings (2026)

This season so far, 14 Yakutian Laikas have chased the lure into the AKC Fast CAT rankings, and right now Nightside's Sun Will Rise sits at the front of the pack — 26.90 mph, 100 yards in 7.60 seconds, narrowly ahead of Hickory Meadows Dark Side Of The Moon (0.30 mph). The top 10 are averaging 25.2 mph, chasing last year's 27.08 mph best, and with the season running through 2027, these standings can still shift.

1. #1 Nightside's Sun Will Rise CM RI FDC CAX FCAT RATN CGCA CGCU STR TKE VHMA VHMP FITG — Bitch — 26.90 mph
2. #2 Hickory Meadows Dark Side Of The Moon BCAT CGC TKI VHMA VSWB — Bitch — 26.60 mph
3. #3 Hickory Meadows Evren Gilchrist BCAT CGC — 26.20 mph
4. #4 Nightside's Tragedy Of The Romanovs CM CAA FCAT CGC STR TKN FITB — Bitch — 26.10 mph
5. #5 Northstar's Kaioken Times Twenty BCAT SWN SINE TKN — 25.69 mph
6. #6 Caldersong's Reach For The Stars FDC FCAT SWA SCE SIE SEE CGCA CGCU TKE ATT VHMA VSWB FITG — 25.67 mph
7. #7 Caldersong's Just Like Fire FDC BCAT CGCA CGCU TKN VHMP — Bitch — 24.44 mph
8. #8 Nightside's Cin Vhetin DCAT CGC VHMA — 24.15 mph
9. #9 Nightside's He Lives In You CM BCAT — 23.40 mph
10. #10 Andkoll Hot Type RN FCAT2 SWN SCE SBE CGC — 22.38 mph
11. #11 Northstar's Hollywood Heartbreaker CM BCAT — 21.20 mph
12. #12 NorthStar's Liberate Your Spirit CM CA BCAT CGC STR TKN VHMA FITB — 20.91 mph
13. #13 Jersey Sambribert CM DCAT — Bitch — 20.87 mph
14. #14 Northstar's Midnight Magic BCAT — Bitch — 17.41 mph

See full AKC Fast CAT speed rankings — by breed, by year, and all-time — on Dash-Hound.